The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-21
The State Fair.

The state fair opened auspiciously at Bur
lington Monday, September 18th, and closed
Friday. 1t was in many respects the most
successful agricultural exhibition yet held
in the state. The show of stock afforded
visitors an excellent idea of what is grown
on Vermont green hills and in her fertile
valleys On Wednesday the attendance
was about 1000, and it was fully 1900 on
Thursday. The chief attraction was the
live stock exhibit, which comprised more
than 1000 animals and included noted rep
resentatives of Vermonts highest bred
horses, herds of the best breeds of cattle
and flocks of the finest booded sheep. The
grand cavalcade of all the animals, which
took place on the track, was the most at
tractive feature of the fair
The exhibit of cattle included herds of
Jerseys, Guernseys, Ayrshires, Grade Hol-
stems, Herefords, Devons and several other
breeds; also working oxen, matched oxen,
fat cattle and town teams. First premiums
in the cattle department were awarded as
follows: Jerseys, Hugh II. Baxter of Rut-
land for best herds; three-year-old bulls,
Hugh II. Baxter of Rutland two-year-old
bulls, Vermont Stock Farm of Shelburn;
one-year-old bulls, Hugh III. Baxter OF Rut-
land; bull calves, NJ. G. Whipple of North
Pomfret Premiums on three-year-old, two
year-old and yearling heifers were awarded
to Hugh II. Baxter. All the premiums Of
fered for Herefords were awarded to l.. Ii.
Harris of Lyndon who exhibited dozen
representatives of this breed OF cattle. For
the best herd of Devons the premium was
awarded to Edward Hungerford of Burling-
ton. Four first premiums on Galloways
were awarded to Edgar NJ Bissell of Shore
ham. Five first premiums on Polled cattle
were awarded to l.. n. Vail of Lyndon
Center. The first premium on town teams
was awarded to l.. ID. HaZen of st. Johns
bury. The special premium for the best
FIVE Jokes of oxen was awarded to l.. ID.
Hazen of st. Johnsbury. Premiums on Ayr
shires were awarded to l.. G. Drew of Bur
lngton. The exhibition of town teams of
not less than ten pairs of cattle attracted
much attention. There were two exhibits,
one by l.. ID. Hazen of st. Johnsbury and
the other by f. NJ. Waite of Brattleboro.
Mr. l.. E. Moore of Shoreham exhibited a
pair of oxen that weighed over four thou
sand pounds. The show of cattle and oxen
was the largest and best ever seen at a
state fair.
Mernos, Southdowns, Leicesters and Cots
wods. The exhibit of Hon. Frederick
Billings of Woodstock of his Southdowns
was remarkably fine one. The show of
fne-wool sheep made by Messrs. e. n. Bis
sell of Shoreham, Albert Chapman and G.
A. Chapman of Middlebury, j. S. Stickney
and NJ j. Jones of Shoreham We're es-
pecally noteworthy, their tlocks of Merino
ewes and lambs taking premiums. A num-
Der of rams exhibited are worth from 5000
to $4,000 each. First premiums in sheep
were awarded as follows Flocks of Span
ish Merinos, j. S. Stickney of Shoreham
two and e-year-old rams, j. S. Stickney
of Shoreham. The sweepstakes for sheep
and for the best exhibit of Southdowns
were awarded to Hon. Frederick Billings
of Woodstock. First premium of long
woods, including Cotswolds and Leicesters,
were awarded to p. G.. Hill of Gilmore,
Phillips Brothers of Glover and G., w.
Flagg of Braintree.
Among the animals shown in the caval-
cade on the grounds were a score of pairs
of handsomely matched horses worth fully
$4,000 a span. The premiums for matched
horses over fifteen and one-half hands high
were awarded as follows: First. to DIR. G..
f. f. Sparhawk of Burlington, who drove a
fine pair of roam geldings second to L. NJ.
Tierney of st. Adams, on aspan of bay geld
ings, and third, to Joshua Bemis of East
Burke, on pair of chestnut geldings. For
matched horses under fifteen and one-half
hands high first premium was awarded to
Thad. NJ. Chapman of Middlebury; second
to /. =. Landon of Middlebury, and third, to
e. and II. ID. McCrillis of Marshfield. The
next most notable exhibit was the display
of Thoroughbred stations, geldings, brood
mares, FLIES and single horses. This ex-
hibit included some three hundred animals
the Morgan breed horses predominating
The average value OF the horses exhibited
was probably not less than 500 per head
The award of prizes made and given below
will show who the owners of some of the more
valuable horses are: Standard bred stall
lions, five years old and over, first premium
to II. I. Cults of Orwell, on " Ben. Frank
lin," four-year-olds, to G. ID. Williams of
| Winooski, on ORWELL" three year-olds, tC
Thad. NJ. Chapman of Middlebury OF
" Keller" two-year-olds, Drew & Brownel
of Burlington; one-year-olds. E. X. Braytor
of Alburgh on d" Goodwin, Jr.;" standard
| II
Prince of Brandon, on " Urda;" three
year-olds, Drew & Brownell, on" Winoosk
Maid" two-year-olds, Henry A. Noble Of
Essex, N. Y, on " Winoosketta;" one
year-olds, Drew & Brownell, on " Wanda ,
and wild Wave, Stock horses, Oar
Williams of Winooski on Winooski"
Brood mares, John Quinlan of Charlotte
Stations, three years old, w. A. Weed of
Shelburne, on Ben Hawk two-year
olds, A. S. Webb of Burlington stations
one-y ear-olds, ID. S. and j. NJ. Ballard o
| Georgia.
Floral Hall has had possibly more varied
exhibits than were displayed this year, bu
the exhibition was never surpassed in com
pleteness in the various lines of display no
in value of goods and articles exhibited. In
all other departments the number as wei
as the quality of the exhibits was up to anC
in many cases far above the standard. Thu
exhibit of farm machinery was notabl.
good.
The large tent devoted to display wa
full, with nearly as much more outside. AL
kinds of farming implements and machine
were here to be found and also an extensiv
collection of farm and road wagons Som
of the leading exhibitors were j. M. Child
& Co., Utica, n. Y; Higganum Corporation
Co., Boston; Ames Plow Co., Boston; Gal
Manufacturing Co., Albion, Mich, an,
many others. A novel sight was the ex
hibit of the Deering harvesters made b.
f. g. Piers, Boston. These are made il
Chicago. Several mowers, a reaper an
twine-binding harvester were to be see
in motion, propelled by steam power. Owe
in the center inside the track was the fin
exhibit of the st. Adams Foundry, consist
ing of one, two and three-horse powers
a combined thresher, cleaner, Dagger an
straw-staclIer, fodder-shredder and circular
saw machine, stone-lifter, etc. Near b
William Samson & Co.. East Berkshire, ha
their two-horse-power thresher and cleane
and improved circular-saw machine. TIL
Walter A. Wood Co., Hoosck Falls, n. Y
exhibited their harvester and binder
mower-two sizes-and horse-rake. The
had new feature this year. With artist
at work, real miniature oil paintings wer
made in about three minutes time an
given TO the ladies as advertisements. On
of these is put upon each of the $4,000 mi
J chimes year made by them. In Mechanics
Hall there was good display. In the dair
line the Bellows Falls Farm Machine O.
exhibited their creamery, churn, butte
workers, butter-print, packing-case, et
There was also the Stoddard creamery an
Churn; the Wooster creamery and clurf